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Sunset Season

For me this is the sunset season. We don’t get a lot of the climate conditions in the Summer for spectacular sunsets, unless we have smoke in the skies from wildfire. Over the Winter we get spectacular sunsets, which I enjoy as I drive home from the woods. I get home after dark, but while I drive I watch the sky as it changes. Last night was stunning.

47 thoughts on “Sunset Season”

Stunning is a good word for this. Great photos, well framed and composed. The eye of the photographer is the selection tool, the moment is the decision, the result is the art.
A little up or down, a little to the left or right and they wouldn’t be the same. good stuff.

Thank you Doron. I stopped and took some pictures, because it looked so nice. Then as I drove I was facing the Eastern sky and it was full of subtle colors, so I stopped again. Then when I got out to take the pictures and turned around the Western sky had exploded with bright color. I almost missed the big event. It pays to stop and smell the roses, or in this case to take in the sunset.

Not surprise you manage to get home only at midnight… You are so right the problem I often in traffic and feel should I stop in the middle of the motor-way? I some time just take photo as I drive.. not very clever.. Since I start painting I should stop driving! Must advertise here for a chauffeur… Have a good weekend.

On some of our more deserted highways I have stopped in the middle of the road to take a picture, but usually I’ll turn around, go back and find some place to pull off. I like your idea about a chauffeur! Maybe I’ll buy a lottery ticket today.

Thank you Helen. I had to tweek my settings a bit and play with the composition. The second picture was down near a stream, so I had to climb down a hill and claw my way through some brush to get the view I wanted. It was worth it I think.

These are beautiful, Tim. It is true that winter generally has the best sunsets. Generally here in Cen-Tex is happens abotu a day or so before rain or a norther. Those sunsets always precede a weather change. That is generally the best time for the most vibrant colors. At least that has been my experinence where I live.

In the Netherlands, the Dutch have a saying; ‘Avondrood water in the sloot’, which means, if you see red or pink at sunset, there will be rain next day. Because we often have rain, most times this prediction is spot on.